State of paradise : a novel / Laura van den Berg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van den Berg, Laura, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Florida--Fiction.

Florida.

Missing persons--Fiction.

Missing persons.

Family secrets--Fiction.

Family secrets.

Virtual reality--Fiction.

Virtual reality.

Authors--Fiction.

Authors.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Science fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Novels

Novels.

Physical Description:

212 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.

Summary:

"It's another summer in a small Florida town. After an illness that vanishes as mysteriously as it arrived, everything appears to be getting back to normal: soul-crushing heat, torrential downpours, sinkholes swallowing the earth, ominous cats, a world-bending virtual reality device being handed out by a company called ELECTRA, and an increasing number of posters dotting the streets with the faces of missing citizens. Living in her mother's home, a ghostwriter for a famous thriller author tracks the eeriechanges. On top of everything else, she's contending with family secrets, spotty memories of her troubled youth, a burgeoning cult in the living room, and the alarming expansion of her own belly button. Then, during a violent rainstorm, her sister goes missing. She returns a few days later, sprawled on their mother's lawn and speaking of another dimension. Now the ghostwriter must investigate not only what happened to her sister and the other missing people but also the uncanny connections between ELECTRA, the famous author she works for, and reality itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780374612207

037461220X

OCLC:

1415893096